According to a survey by the Software and Information Industry Association, the wide adoption of institutions using Education technology to improve student learning and instruction has been occurring but, it has been slow in recent years. The Vision K-20 pilot survey was implemented to benchmark the progress of different education institutions to see if they are meeting the [...]
Archive for June, 2009
Adoption of Education Tech. Is Slow
Posted in SIIA, Technology, benchmarking on June 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
MDRC Releases New Reading First Report
Posted in IES, Reading First, Teachers on June 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The MDRC recently released a new policy brief about Reading First and its effectiveness in education. The findings suggest that Reading First has been effective in some cases. The Institute of Education Sciences at the Department of Education published research about Reading First in 2008. Many interpreted the findings from the IES to mean that Reading First didn’t [...]
California’s Education Budget Cuts
Posted in Teachers, budget on June 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
On Tuesday, the Los Angeles Board of Education gave the “ok” to cut $1.6 billion from the Los Angeles Unified School District’s (LAUSD) budget for the next three years. The budget cuts will affect many and may include the total elimination of full-day kindergarten. Lay-offs will also occur for about 2,200 of the districts teachers [...]
A Symbolic Change to NCLB
Posted in NCLB, education reform on June 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The words “No Child Left Behind” seems to have a negative connotation these days or at least that’s what some people are saying. Near the U.S. Department of Education stands a red school house structure imprinted with the words No Child Left Behind right above its’ doors.
For the past seven years, this little school house stood as [...]
“Busy Season?”
Posted in Back to School, Workplace, economy on June 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
By Jeff Pett, Fleetwood Group
What a difference a couple of months can make. Actually, just a couple of weeks. Is everyone in the educational supply/manufacturing community feeling the same June slow down that we are? Our shipments are actually up to last year same quarter, and through May our incoming orders were holding their own [...]
Green Business
Posted in Environment, Workplace on June 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
By Emily Raij, Maupin House
America’s Greenest Campus is a nationwide contest where colleges compete to see who can reduce their carbon footprint by the greatest amount. There are 450 colleges participating to win up to $20,000 in cash prizes, and the contest, which launched March 31, has already achieved the following environment-saving successes:
$1.5 million saved
5.9 [...]
